OT: mailbox generator

[Daniel Shahaf]

Daniel Shahaf wrote on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 22:36:31 +0300:
> Tangentially related, I couldn't give my password if I wanted to: I'm
> a touch-typist, so I have my password wired in muscle memory, but
> I never memorized the string value, so I wouldn't be able to give that
> verbally or write it on paper --- I can only recover it by using
> a qwerty keyboard.
> 
> I'm not sure a borders police agent would appreciate this point.
> 

Thinking a little further... if I give them credentials without access
to a qwerty, I'll probably be giving a password that's similar to but
not equal to the real one.  (Not intentionally; just a corollary the
fact that I don't know my password's string value.)

If the agents on-scene try to use that value, the most likely outcome is
that it won't work.  They could try a dictionary attack (basically,
iterate potential passwords in order of their edit distance from the
value I gave), which will either get them in or trigger a server-side
account lock.

Or they could give me a qwerty.

Daniel

> 
> Tzafrir Cohen wrote on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 15:23:17 +0200:
> > Off topic, but may be interesting:
> > 
> > I heard recently that it is now legal for the security checks in the Ben
> > Gurion airport to require that I show my mail account.
> > 
> > Any existing software to automatically (and periodically) generate email
> > on a mailbox which will appear to be used, so if anybody wants a casual
> > look at my mailbox, I don't have to provide any real email credentials?
> > 
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